Container List

Series I.
Augustus Le Plongeon papers,1860-1937

Physical Description:
ca. 2.1 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Augustus Le Plongeon include correspondence, travel diaries, research materials and notes, manuscripts, publications,
and personal documents spanning his career from his time in Peru until his death.

Series I.A.
Correspondence,1868-1907

Physical Description:
47.0 items

Scope and Content Note

The series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and spans the period from his time in Peru until shortly before his
death. It comprises letters from a wide range of correspondents including museum directors discussing possible lectures and
the disposition of Le Plongeons' collections, letters from other scholars including A. H. Sayce, J. Ralston Skinner, and Alfred
P. Maudslay, and letters from readers commenting on his various books. Also included are copies of a few of Le Plongeon's
letters, mostly dating to his time in Peru. For additional letters see also: Series II.B: Travel Diary (Alice Dixon Le Plongeon).

Box 1, Folder 1-33

Letters received,1869-1906

Box 1, Folder 1

Agassiz, Alexander,1885 July 23

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Box 1, Folder 2

Baird, Spencer F.,1885

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Box 1, Folder 3

Barlee, Frank,1880, 1883

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Box 1, Folder 4

Barlee, Jane,188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 5

Boardman, F. R.,1878 December 15

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 6

Carillo y Ancona, Crescencio,1884

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Box 1, Folder 7

Edward VII,1896 June 19

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 8

Field, Henry M.,1895 May 20

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 9

Gordon, Adolfo1869

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Box 1, Folder 10

Howell, Edward, J.,1901 May 31

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 11

Kelvin, William Thompson,1897 August 25

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 12

Lisson, Carlos,1869 February 27

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 13

Junta Patriotica Mexicana,1870 September 12

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 14

Loubat, J. F.,1894 October 26

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 15

Marsh, Othneil Charles,1887 January 14

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 16

Maudslay, Alfred Percival,1896 October 20

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 17

Meakin, Edward,1906 April 28

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 18

Nye, E. H.,1898 August 30

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 19

Parvin, Newton R.,1903

Physical Description:
4.0 items

Box 1, Folder 20

Peñafiel, Antonio,1901 April 3

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Box 1, Folder 21

Peón de Regil, Alvaro,1876 February 18

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 22

Saenz, Tómas,1870 February 17

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 23

Sayce, A. H.,1896 June 24, undated

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Box 1, Folder 24

Skinner, J. Ralston,1887

Physical Description:
4.0 items

Box 1, Folder 25

Thorgierson, John,1897 September 12

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 26

Trinity Historical Society,1891 January 1

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 27

United States Legation, Mexico,1880 January 2, 1883 April 16

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Box 1, Folder 28

University of Georgia,1890 May 12

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 29

Vasques Moniere[?],1869 June 5

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 30

Wachtmeister,18-? September 13

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 31

Whish, John D.,1899 October 9

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 32

Whiting, Edwin,1897 February 2

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 33

Unknown,1884 February 22

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 34-37

Correspondence sent,1868-1907

Physical Description:
5.0 items

Box 1, Folder 34

Bowditch, Charles P.,1907 January 4, 190-?

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Box 1, Folder 35

Gual, Pedro,1868 May 29

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 36

Pardo, Manuel,1869 July 28

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 37

Ricciardi, G.,1869 August 2

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Series I.B.
Collections: Le Plongeon and others,circa 1880-1910

Physical Description:
12.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes lists and inventories of Le Plongeon's collections of antiquities, molds, tracings, and photographs, as well as correspondence
regarding their possible acquisition by various institutions. See also: Correspondence.

Box 1, Folder 38

Collection of tracings of mural paintings,between 1886 and 1908

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Scope and Content Note

One sheet, includes "Collection of Plans," and one fragment titled "The Le Plongeon Molds and Frescoes: Opinions on Value
of Same."

Letter to General Luigi Palma di Cesnola re: asssessment of Le Plongeon collection for the Metropolitan Musem of Art.

Series I.C.
Scrapbook and travel notebooks,1862-1883

Physical Description:
18.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Series contains a scrapbook from Peru, pocket notebooks from Peru and Mexico, and travel notes and itineraries from Chile
and California.

Box 1, Folder 46

Travel notes: California to Chile,1862

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 1, Folder 47

Peruvian scrapbook,1866-1869

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Contains circa 116 pages of clippings from Peruvian newspapers regarding religious controversies such as Le Plongeon's public
argument with Father Pedro Gual that was stimulated by Le Plongeon's letter to the editor in which he criticized a sermon
give by Gual; the case of José Johnson; and the publication of Le Plongeon's
La religión de Jesús comprada con las enseñas de la Iglesia. Also, two manuscripts (17 pages), titled "Vision de M.A.L.P. le Dimanche 7 Janvier 1866 au cercle de la M.," and "Deuxieme
vision 14 Janvier," are written starting from the back of the book.

Box 1, Folder 48

Loose items from Peruvian scrapbook,1866-1868

Physical Description:
5.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes a carte-de-viste portrait of Pedro Gual by Courret Hermanos; an unmounted carte-de-visite studio portrait of an unidentified
woman; a page of notes re: José Ellis; and a two-page manuscript fragment.

Box 2, Folder 1

Pocket notebooks,1862-1883

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Notbooks used from both front and back, creating two distinct sections. One notebook has a hand-written title page "Dr. Aug.
Le Plongeon, note book Assyrian antiquities," followed by 14 pages of pencil drawings. Starting from the other side it contains
six drawings of Peruvian landscapes; 15 albumen photographs by Le Plongeon of Peruvian sites and pottery; and 16 engravings
of Peruvian subjects. The other notebook contains four watercolor drawings and 16 pencil drawings of pages and figures from
Mexican codices, followed by a section titled "Antiquties of Yucatan," which contains 20 albumen photographs by Augustus Le
Plongeon, mostly of Mexican pottery. Starting from the other side a hand-written title page "Dr. Aug. Le Plongeon, note book"
is followed by two pencil drawings related to Peru.

Box 2, Folder 2

Drawings of Peru,1862-1870

Physical Description:
8.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Six pen and ink drawings of Peruvian landscapes and sites, and two of ancient Middle Eastern subjects.

Box 2, Folder 3

California travel notes,1871

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Series I.D.
Research notes and materials,1846-1909

Physical Description:
79.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Series includes Augustus Le Plongeon's manuscript notes on a wide variety of subjects; transcriptions and translations of
manuscripts held in the British Museum; and various articles, reprints, and pamphlets.

Pamphlet entitled
John Calvin: His Errors, Ignorance, Misconceptions, and Absurdities...

Box 3, Folder 3

Saville, M. H.,1896

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

"The Temple of Tepoztlan, Mexico."
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 8: 221-226, plates; pages removed from journal.

Box 3, Folder 4

Society of Jesus,1899,

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

The Secret Instructions of the Jesuits; pamphlet, first published in 1723.

Box 3, Folder 5

Tilden, Daniel R.,1887

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

The Mexican War; reprint of speech given before the House of Representatives on 14 July 1846.

Box 3, Folder 6

Tracts and pamphlets,1849-1897

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Series I.E.
Manuscripts,1860-1908

Physical Description:
83.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Series contains mostly unpublished manuscripts and writings spanning the career of Augustus Le Plongeon. Aside from one early
manuscript in French, the writings are from Augustus Le Plongeon's time in Peru, Mexico, and the United States, and are written
in Spanish or English. Published manuscripts include
Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphynx and
Pyramid of Xochicalco.

Box 3, Folder 7

Manuscript re: temperature of the earth's core,186-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Eight-page manuscript in French.

Box 3, Folder 8

"Alerta Peruanos,"186-

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Four-page manuscript in Spanish.

Box 3, Folder 9

"Alegoria,"186-

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Two-page manuscript in Spanish.

Box 3, Folder 10

"Carta de Plinio el Joven al Emperado Trajano,"186-

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Three-page manuscript in Spanish.

Box 3, Folder 11

"Reglamente interior del comité central de la provincia,"186-

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Four-page manuscript in Spanish.

Box 3, Folder 12

"El Rev. P. Fleury,"between 1866 and 1869

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Two-page manuscript in Spanish.

Box 3, Folder 13

"El Rev. Gual y sus doctrinas au transparencia,"between 1866 and 1869

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

One-page, unfinished manuscript in Spanish.

Box 3, Folder 14

Documents re: Formation of a philanthropic society for victims of the 1868 Lima earthquake,1868

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Each two-page manuscript document in Spanish is signed by the members of the society.

Twelve pages in Spanish; pencil drawing of a bird-headed god on verso of one item.

Box 3, Folder 21

Letters and documents re: Ellis de Johnson case,1868-1869

Physical Description:
5.0 items

Box 3, Folder 22

Letters from Segundo Bringas to Pedro Alcalde,1869

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Box 3, Folder 23

Miscellaneous letters,1864-1870

Physical Description:
6.0 items

Box 3, Folder 24

Portfolio covers,1860-1870

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 3, Folder 25-27

"A sketch of the ancient inhabitants of Peru and Their Civilization,"1870

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Lectures delivered before the California Academy of Sciences.

Box 3, Folder 25

Notebook I: Introduction-Lecture VI

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

113-page manuscript in English; pages numbered 2-122 (some numbers appear twice); pages 7-12;18-21 (i.e. parts of introduction-chapter
II [?]), are missing. Four collodion photographs of Peru are inserted between pages 37-38; a pencil plan of an unidentified
archaeological site is inserted between pages 63-64. Loose notes are inserted throughout the manuscript, and are also found
on the versos of some pages.

Box 3, Folder 26

Notebook II: Lecture VI cont'd.-Lecture VII,

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

44-page manuscript in English; pages numbered 123-166. Loose notes are inserted throughout the manuscript, and are also found
on the versos of some pages; a photograph of a Chinese pagoda by John[?] Ward and Co. is inserted in the front of the notebook.

Box 3, Folder 27

Notebook III: Lecture VIII

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

15-page manuscript in English; pages numbered 167-1[81].

Box 4, Folder 1

Collodion emulsion recipes,1870-?

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes a 16-page manuscript booklet of recipes; a four-page recipe for collodion emulsion; and three pages of loose notes,
all in English.

Box 4, Folder 2

Untitled manuscript re: The Inca,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

37-page manuscript in English consisting of the first two chapters of an unpublished book. The chapters are titled "Legend
of the foundation of the Inca Empire..." and "Religion of the Peruvians..."

Box 4, Folder 3-5

Untitled manuscript re: the Yucatan peninsula,1870

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 4, Folder 3

Manuscript

Scope and Content Note

167-page unpublished manuscript in English consisting of the first three chapters of a book; the pages are numbered 3-301,
with pages missing throughout. The chapters are titled: "On the Ancient Name of the Yucatan," "Description of the Country,"
and "Maya Language" (includes a rather complete grammar); a fourth, partial chapter is untitled. Loose notes and drawings
are inserted throughout the manuscript; drawings and lengthy notes (additions to the text, footnotes, etc., are also pasted
in; collodion prints are pasted on pages 50, 94 (2), and 175.

Box 4, Folder 4

Loose notes

Scope and Content Note

Includes circa 37 pages of loose notes that were inserted throughout the manuscript (collated); one drawing; two photographs
of Chacmool; and two photomechanical prints reproducing a portrait of Augustus Le Plongeon.

Box 4, Folder 5

Notebook covers.

Box 4, Folder 6

"Apology for the American Race,"1872

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Seven-page manuscript in English, signed and dated by Augustus Le Plongeon on last page.

Box 4, Folder 7

Untitled manuscript re: various aspects of ancient religions,188-

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

36-page manuscript in English includes discussion of various theological terms such as daimon, derù, shaster, demon, hell,
etc.

Box 4, Folder 8

Untitled manuscript re: Meaning of Maya architecture,188-

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

16-page manuscript in English; the first four pages are missing. Signed on last page --Augustus Le Plongeon, M.D., Brooklyn;
with wet stamp: 18 Sidney Place.

Box 4-5, Folder 9-24; 1-2

Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphynx,
1896

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

388-page typescript manuscript in English; lacks title page.

Box 4, Folder 9

Introduction

Scope and Content Note

24 pages.

Box 4, Folder 10

Chapters I-II

Scope and Content Note

31 pages.

Box 4, Folder 11

Chapter III

Scope and Content Note

23 pages.

Box 4, Folder 12

Chapter IV

Scope and Content Note

16 pages.

Box 4, Folder 13

Chapter V

Scope and Content Note

11 pages.

Box 4, Folder 14

Chapters VI-VII

Scope and Content Note

20 pages.

Box 4, Folder 15

Chapter VIII

Scope and Content Note

9 pages.

Box 4, Folder 16

Chapter IX

Scope and Content Note

19 pages.

Box 4, Folder 17

Chapter X

Scope and Content Note

14 pages.

Box 4, Folder 18

Chapters XI-XII

Scope and Content Note

17 pages.

Box 4, Folder 19

Chapter XIII

Scope and Content Note

28 pages.

Box 4, Folder 20

Chapters XIV-XV

Scope and Content Note

28 pages.

Box 4, Folder 21

Appendix (Notes I-VIII)

Scope and Content Note

23 pages.

Box 4, Folder 22

Appendix (Notes IX-XII)

Scope and Content Note

29 pages.

Box 4, Folder 23

Appendix (Note XIII)

Scope and Content Note

12 pages.

Box 4, Folder 24

Appendix (Note XIV)

Scope and Content Note

12 pages.

Box 5, Folder 1

Appendix (Notes XVI-XXI)

Scope and Content Note

19 pages.

Box 5, Folder 2

Index

Scope and Content Note

36 pages.

Box 5, Folder 3

Original drawing for
Queen Moo...,
circa 1896

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Pencil drawing of a Maya motif.

Box 5, Folder 4

Miscellaneous notes for
Queen Moo...,
circa 1896

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

1 page.

Box 5, Folder 5

Reviews and notices for
Queen Moo,
1896 July 17, 1897 July 10, n.d.

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes reviews from the
Morning Post and the
Women's Tribune, and a publication notice from the Theosophical Publishing Company.

Box 5, Folder 6

Publication correspondence for
Queen Moo...,
1895-1896

Physical Description:
12.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes 11 letters with two envelopes from J. J. Little and Co., and a summary of printing cost estimates by Augustus Le
Plongeon.

Box 5, Folder 7

Publication correspondence for
Queen Moo...,
1898

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes a letter to publisher J. J. Little and Co. from Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, a letter to her from the publisher, and
a booklet containing copies of five letters from Augustus Le Plongeon to the publisher.

Box 5, Folder 8

Publication correspondence for Queen Moo...,1899-1900

Physical Description:
12.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Augustus Le Plongeon, H. B. Parsons, Esq., and J. J. Little and Co. regarding the binding, delivery,
and payment for the remainder of the copies ordered for the 1896 edition of Queen Moo...; includes ten letters and two bills.

The first nine pages of a typewritten manuscript in English describing the psychic experiences of Augustus Le Plongeon.

Box 5, Folder 11

"Syllabus of Ten Lectures on Ancient American Civilization...,"between 1886-1908

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Three-page typewritten manuscript in English; the title of the lecture course is partially missing.

Box 5, Folder 12-13

Pyramid of Xochicalco,
1886-1937

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Posthumously published in the
Word in 1914.

Box 5, Folder 12

Pyramid of Xochicalco,
between 1886 and 1908; 1937

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Scope and Content Note

61-page manuscript in English, lacking page 4; and a note by Maude Blackwell written in 1937 concerning the history of the
manuscript.

Box 5, Folder 13

Pyramid of Xochicalco,
between 1886 and 1908

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

covers.

Series I.F.
Publications,1866-1914

Physical Description:
42.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Series contains copies of Augustus Le Plongeon's published materials as well as materials prepared for publication; also includes
reviews, correspondence, and notes relating to publications.

Box 5, Folder 14

Title copyright deposit for
La religion de Jesús...,
1867 November 12

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Filed by William White and Company, the title is listed as
La vida de Jesús auténtica, por El. M.R.P. Fr. Pedro Gual...

Box 5, Folder 15

Manual de Fotografia,
1873

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Author's copy, includes five pages of handwritten notes re: collodion emulsion recipes; two pages of printed recipes and instructions
with notes; and a four-page pamphlet published by Scovill titled
Dry plate photography, all tipped into the verso of the book.

Box 5, Folder 16

Clippings found inside
Manual de Fotografia,
circa 1880-1889

Physical Description:
6.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes advertisments and pamphlets for various photographic products.

Box 5, Folder 17

Reviews of
Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas and Quiches,
1886 September 2, 1886 July 10

"Xochicalco Pyramid: History of the Lost Continent of Atlantis,"between 1886-1908

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Published in the
Times (New York).

Box 8*, Folder 2

Miscellaneous clippings,undated

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Box 9*, Folder 1-8

Illustrations of Xochicalco,after 1890

Physical Description:
8.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Eight plates from Antonio Peñafiel,
Monumentos del arte mexicano antiguo mocked-up possibly to be used as illustrations for a publication on Xochicalco.

Series I.G.
Personal documents,1862-1910

Physical Description:
22.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Series contains documents relating to the life of Augustus Le Plongeon.

Box 5, Folder 22

Masonic documents,1862-1870

Physical Description:
4.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes certificates of Augustus Le Plongeon's masonic membership in Lima, Peru, as well as documents authorizing him to
represent said lodge in California.

Box 5, Folder 23

Grant to establish hydroelectric baths in Peru,1864

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 5, Folder 23

Clippings regarding Augustus Le Plongeon,1878-1892

Physical Description:
9.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes clippings from Yucatecan and American publications.

Box 5, Folder 24

Biographical notes and obituaries,1908-1909

Physical Description:
6.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes two handwritten lists chronicling Augustus Le Plongeon's whereabouts by year; a fragment of a longer biographical
note; a three page typescript account of his final moments; and two obituaries.

With three envelopes; the envelope postmarked 1893 June 23 does not correspond to any of the letters.

Box 6, Folder 4

Colvin, Verplanck,1897

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

On letterhead of the Albany Institute.

Box 6, Folder 5

Hearst, Phoebe,1895-1898

Physical Description:
12.0 items

Box 6, Folder 6

Imperial Russian Consulate General,1899 February 27

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 7

Johnson, Willis Fletcher,1908 December 21

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 8

Stationer's Hall,1909 August 14

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 9

Viking, John O.,1908 May 13

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Series II.B.
Travel diary,1873-1881

Physical Description:
36.0 items

Scope and Content Note

The series contains Alice's diary from the Le Plongeons' time in Yucatan. Correspondence and notes are inserted throughout
the diary (loose and tipped-in). Inserted correspondence often correlates to the date of the diary entry. Loose letters and
notes have been removed and placed in the folders following the diary. For a photocopy of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's travel
diary see Box 63.

Box 6, Folder 10

Travel diary,1873 July 28 - 1876 August 22

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Half-leather ruled notebook, stamped on spine "Records," contains a 263 page manuscript travel diary in English. Pages are
numbered 1-263; 2 pages between p. 225-226 are unnumbered. Pages 1-40 are the text of a lecture that Alice delivered in Belize,
Honduras, 1878[?] for the benefit of the Catholic School, and subsequently published as her 1878 article "Notes on Yucatan."
The diary begins on the next page. Tipped-in letters to Augustus Le Plongeon are from Palomino (p. 238), Peón de Regil (p.
242), and Irmilio Canton (p. 249). A newspaper article by Alice Le Plongeon, "Un sueño de las ruinas de Uxmal," translated
from an article in the
World (New York), and published in a Mexican paper covers the end papers. For a photocopy of the travel diary see Box 63.

Copies of a ten-page letter to "Uncle Jack," and a four-page letter to "Father and Mother" written over a span of one month.

Box 6, Folder 12

Augustus Le Plongeon: Letters sent,1875-1876

Physical Description:
10.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Copies of letters written by Augustus Le Plongeon.

Box 6, Folder 12

Alcalá, Felipe Pérez,
1875 April 25, 1875 April 29

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Box 6, Folder 12

Alpuche, Nestor Rubio,
1875 April 27

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 12

Vergilio, Santiago Pérez,
1875 April 29

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 12

"Pajaro verde,"
1876

Physical Description:
4.0 items

Box 6, Folder 12

Canton, Irmilio,
1876 July 26

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 12

Regil, Rafael de,
1876 July 27

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 13

Augustus Le Plongeon: letters received,1876-1881

Physical Description:
5.0 items

Box 6, Folder 13

Juzgado del crimen, Merida,
1881 July 21

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 13

Font, Sra.(?),
1876 May 27

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 13

Feliciano,
1881 April 22

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 13

Betancourt, Manuel,
1876 July 23

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 13

Regil, Rafael de,
1876 July 23

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Box 6, Folder 14

Notes,1875-1878

Physical Description:
8.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes a chronology of the Le Plongeons' whereabouts between July 1873 (New York) and January 1876 (Merida); a list of Maya
phrases with corresponding Spanish translations; an account of the Le Plongeons' experiences in Yucatan in the fall of 1875;
a document in Maya signed by Doroteo Ryan; and other miscellaneous notes.

Series II.C.
Research notes and manuscripts,1880-1910

Physical Description:
35.0 items

Scope and Content Note

The series contains notes and unpublished mauscripts by Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Some items were possibly written as lectures
or for journal publication.

Box 6, Folder 15

Color notes,between 1886 and 1910

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Box 6, Folder 16

Miscellaneous notes,between 1886 and 1910

Physical Description:
6.0 items

Box 6, Folder 17-19

"Yucatan: Its Ancient Palaces and Modern cities...,"
1884

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

535-page unpublished typewritten manuscipt.

Box 6, Folder 17

Introduction-Chapter VII

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

179 pages including a printed title page with copyright notice and the first page of a handwritten preface.

Box 6, Folder 18

Chapters VIII-XI

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

178 pages.

Box 6, Folder 19

Chapter XII-Appendix

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

178 pages. A photomechanical reproduction of a restoration drawing of Chacmool on top of the Platform of Venus, Chichén Itzá
is inserted at page 496.

Box 7, Folder 1

"Paris,"1896 Sept.

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

32-page manuscript.

Box 7, Folder 2

"An American Prince,"between 1886 and 1910

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Nine-page manuscript re: Chacmool.

Box 7, Folder 3

"Carnival Days,"after 1886

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Six-page typescript.

Box 7, Folder 4

"A Hammock Story,"after 1886

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Three page typescript.

Box 7, Folder 5

"Hawaii Long Ago,"after 1886

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Five-page typescript.

Box 7, Folder 6

Untitled mansucript re: Old London,after 1886

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Pages 37-56 of a typewritten manuscript and six pages of notes on the
Posthumous works of Samuel Butler.

The series includes photographs by and pertaining to the Le Plongeons and their research. Captions and annotations are transcribed
as they appear on the piece.

Series III.A.
Loose photographs,1851-1933

Physical Description:
142.0 items

Scope and Content Note

The series contains photographs by and pertaining to the Le Plongeons. Included are portraits of Augustus and Alice Dixon
Le Plongeon taken at various times of their lives; early photographs of St. Thomas and Peru by Augustus Le Plongeon; and numerous
images from the Le Plongeons' years in Yucatan and surrounding areas, including views and details of Mayan ruins and excavations,
and views of towns and native peoples. The photographs of Yucatan were made by both the Le Plongeons, and where known, are
specifically identified as having been taken by either Augustus or Alice Le Plongeon.

Retouched albumen composite photograph by Augustus Le Plongeon from negatives made in 1873-1884, showing him as the archaeologist/explorer
in Yucatecan-style field dress, seated on a ruined wall, and holding his rifle. To his left is a Mayan stele; a scene of Alice
with a horse and a group of Mayan workers appears in the background. "Dr. A. J. Le Plongeon with stone from an ancient tomb.
Photograph made in 1873"--written on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. For another print of this image see Box 61.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.8
Portraits of Alice Dixon,1863-1865

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.8. x 13.3 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Two uncut albumen prints of Alice Dixon circa age 12-14, probably taken in her father's photographic studio. "1863? 1865?"--written
on verso.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.9
Portraits of Alice Dixon,circa 1867

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9.6 x 15.2 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Two uncut salt prints of Alice Dixon circa age 16, probably taken in her father's photographic studio.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.10
Alice Dixon leaning on a balustrade,186-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
7.6 x 4.8 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Salt print of Alice Dixon, probably taken in her father's photographic studio, circa late 1860s.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.11
Alice Dixon dressed as a "tapada,"circa 1870

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9.5 x 5.7 cm. on mount 10.5 x 6.3 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen carte-de-visite portrait of Alice in a mantle covering her head and mouth, probably taken in her father's studio.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.12
Portrait of Alice Dixon,circa 1870

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.3 x 6.7 cm. on mount 8.4 x 7 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen portrait of Alice, possibly taken in her father's studio.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.13
Alice Dixon circa age 20,1871-1872

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9.6 x 6 cm. on mount 10.3 x 6.2 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen carte-de-visite portrait by Henry Dixon of Alice seated next to an unfolded plate of the Governor's Palace at Uxmal
by Frederick Catherwood. Taken shortly before her departure from London with Augustus Le Plongeon, this photograph alludes
to their projected expedition to Yucatan.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.14
Alice Dixon circa age 20,1871-1872

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9.3 x 9 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen portrait by Henry Dixon of Alice seated next to an unfolded plate of the Governor's Palace at Uxmal by Frederick Catherwood.
Taken shortly before her departure from London with Augustus Le Plongeon, this photograph alludes to their projected expedition
to Yucatan.

Two men shaking hands and four children. Albumen print. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.114.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.24
Train station next to El Refrigerio building,1860-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item
11.8 x 18.8 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b21.15.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.25
A Carib woman,1878 or 1879

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9.4 x 8.2 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Title from verso. Probably taken in British Honduras. Albumen print. "Right"--pencil annotation on verso.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.26
McDonald house, St. George's Cay,1879

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9 x 9.7 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. "A few days at St. George's Cay 1879"--ink annotation on verso. "McDonald's house"--pencil annotation on verso.
For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b36.3.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.27
Grinding corn or chocolate, Izamal,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8 x 7.3 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Salt print. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.11; for the glass plate negative see accession
number 2004.m.18-b15.5. "Right. Grinding corn or chocolate for both are the ____"pencil annotation on verso.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.28
Dock and wharf at Progresso,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
7.2 x 7 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.29
School, Yucatan,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
7.9 x 7.8 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b36.27. "96"--written on photograph.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.30
Fair at Izamal,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
7.8 x 7.8 cm.

Scope and Content Note

View from east side of the square. Albumen print.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.31
Convent walls[?], Yucatan,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
7.9 x 7.1 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b24.10.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.32
Soldiers after a battle,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.9 x 7.4 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. "Civil war in Yucatan after the battle"--annotation on verso.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.33
Soldiers and prisoners in an old convent,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
7.4 x 7.4 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Scene from the civil war in Yucatan. Albumen print. "Right. I have made a dot behind a man in this group who is transparent.
We wait for a scientific explaination of that fact"--written on verso in hand of Alice Le Plongeon.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.34
Roadside well (noria), Izamal,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.8 x 15.7 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen stereo print. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.112. "64"--written on verso.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.35
Bullfight, Izamal,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.5 x 16.6 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen stereo print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b26.8. "35"--written on verso.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.36
House of the Adelantado Francisco de Montejo,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.5 x 14.4 cm.

Scope and Content Note

The first house built in Merida by the Spanish. Albumen stereo print. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers
2004.M.18-b12.61 and 2004.M.18-b12.62. "68"--written on verso.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.37
Ake,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.5 x 8.9 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Alice Le Plongeon is seated in lower left corner. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Albumen print. "Ake, colonnade in the
ampitheater"--annotation on verso. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b5.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.38
Chacmool represented as a wounded tiger,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9 x 16.6 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen stereo print. "4"--written on verso. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.M.18-b12.54 and
2004.m.18-b13.11.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.39
Arrival of Chacmool at Piste,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9.1 x 15.7 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen stereo print. "4"--in negative. "10"--written on verso. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.M.18-b12.55.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.40
Chacmool after excavation, Chichén Itzá,1875

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.6 x 9 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Augustus sitting on the newly excavated statue. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Albumen half-stereo print. "Small print
of Plate XLII in Queen Moo p.132. Prince Coh excavated by A Le Plongeon and his indian helper"--written on verso. For a lantern
slide similar to this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.7.

2004.m.18-b10.43
Bas-relief of a warrior, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.4 x 15.6 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen stereo print. "30"--in negative. "29"--written on verso.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.44
Bas-relief of a jaguar eating a heart, Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9 x 16.5 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen stereo print. "7"--in negative. "5"--written on verso. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.19
and 96.r.137-475.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.45
Bas-relief of an eagle eating a heart, Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9.3 x 16.5 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen stereo print. "6"--written on verso. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.20.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.46
Sculpted heads near La Iglesia, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item
14.8 x 8 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen half-stereo print. "16"--written on print. "13"--written on verso. For another print of this image see accession number
96.r.137-473.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.47
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon standing in front of the north facade of the temple atop El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8 x 15.6 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Albumen stereo print. "50"--written on verso. "41"--in negative. "Blackwell's. Photo by
Le Plongeon"--written on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.12.

Albumen stereo print. " 53"--written on verso. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.14; for
the negative of similar shot of this relief see accession number 2004.m.18-b15.9; for a lantern slide see accession number
2004.m.18-b29.11.

Albumen stereo print. "Chichen 1"--in negative. "54"--written on verso. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b12.15.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.51
Bas relief of a bearded figure from a capital, north side of El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item
9.2 x 16 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen stereo print. "51"--written on verso. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.10.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.52
View of the west side of El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,print 19--

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.9 x 10 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Augustus Le Plongeon and a worker are standing in the foreground. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Gelatin silver copy
print from 1876 negative. "Reproduction"--written on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. For another print of this image see
accession number 2004.m.18-b12.11; for the glass negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b15.8.

Albumen print. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.55.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.57
Restoration of the Platform of Venus with Chacmool, Chichén Itzá,after 1886

Physical Description:
1.0 item
13.5 x 20.7 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Composite photograph after a drawing by Augustus Le Plongeon; published in his
Origins of the Egyptians, 1913. Matte collodion print[?] "Blackwell's. Le Plongeon photo from Yucatan. 'Restored' mausoleum"--written on verso in
hand of Maude Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.17; for the printing block made
from this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b14.2.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.58
Tracing of a figure from a mural painting at Kabah,print ca. 1885

Physical Description:
1.0 item
14.5 x 26.9 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Includes lengthy explanation and key on the verso in Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's hand. See Augustus Le Plongeon's a 1885 article
"The Horse at Kabah." Cyanotype print.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.59
Living quarters in the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,circa 1874

Physical Description:
1.0 item
13.4 x 19.6 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Alice and Augustus in their "study." Contents of the room are labeled on the verso in Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's hand. Albumen
print.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.60
East facade, Governor's Palace, Uxmal,print 1933

Physical Description:
1.0 item
8.8 x 10.4 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Alice is leaning against wall. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Gelatin silver copy print from negative circa 1873. "1.
Uxmal Governor's House ruins Yucatan. Made from the old 'silver' negative Le Plongeon. Blackwell Cal. 1935"--written on verso
in hand of Maude Blackwell. For collodion print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b13.8; for the negative see accession
number 2004.m.18-b16.3; for lantern slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.12.

Gelatin silver print. "Plate I. For Le Plongeon's book "Pyramid of Xochicalco. General view of Xochicalco"--written on verso
in hand of Maude Blackwell." "General View"--annotation on verso in a different[?] hand.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.66
North half of east facade, pyramid of Xochicalco,190-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item
10.6 x 16.6 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Printed in reverse; gelatin silver print. "P. V. Collins, Minneapolis, Minn."--photographer's wet stamp on verso. "Plate of
north half of east side"--written on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. "nw half"--annotation on verso in a different hand.

Box 10

2004.m.18-b10.67
North half of east facade, pyramid of Xochicalco,190-?

Albumen print. "3. Stucco work at Chimu Canshu"--written in ink on verso. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b29.4.

Box 11

2004.m.18-b11.2
Four Peruvian vessels,between 1862-1870

Physical Description:
1.0 item
21.6 x 18 cm. on mount 23.6 x 18.5 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen composite print. "Peruvian pottery in collection of Dr. A. J. Le Plongeon; the collection was destroyed in 1870 by
President Ardte of Peru..."--annotation on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b32.9.

Box 11

2004.m.18-b11.3
Three Peruvian vessels with handles,between 1862-1870

Physical Description:
1.0 item
22.3 x 18 cm. on mount 23.6 x 18.4 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen composite print. "Photographs of pottery in the collection of Dr. A. J. Le Plongeon. This was destroyed in 1870 by
the Pres of Peru..."--annotation on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b32.7.

Box 11

2004.m.18-b11.4
Three Peruvian vessels,between 1862-1870

Physical Description:
1.0 item
23.9 x 19.2 on mount 28.3 x 22.3 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen composite print. "Peruvian pottery. Photographs by Le Plongeon. This collection was destroyed in 1870 by the Pres
of Peru..."--annotation on mount in hand of Maude Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.3.

Box 11

2004.m.18-b11.5
Two Peruvian vessels,between 1862-1870

Physical Description:
1.0 item
24.8 x 19.6 cm. on mount 30 x 24.3 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen composite print. "(Peru) photos made by Dr. Le Plongeon (collection was destroyed by Pres. Ardte in 1870..."--annotation
on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.8.

Albumen composite print. "Photographs of Peruvian pottery in the collection of the late Dr. A. J. Le Plongeon, this was destroyed
by the President of Peru in 1870..."--annotation on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell.

2004.m.18-b11.11r
Statue found in the Platform of Venus, Chichén Itzá,print after 1885

Physical Description:
1.0 item
11.3 x 19.6 cm. on mount 17.7 x 25 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Statue is now in the Merida Museum. Gelatin silver print from 1883 negative. "Fot. por A. Le Plongeon"--caption from a negative
pasted below image. "Chichen Itza. Statue that Doctor found in tomb of "High Priest Cay" and buried again"--written on mount
in hand of Maude Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.21.

Box 11

2004.m.18-b11.11v
Men repairing a building, Yucatan,print after 1885

Physical Description:
1.0 item
10.8 x 18.2 cm. on mount 17.7 x 25 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver print from 1883 negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b20.17.

Box 11

2004.m.18-b11.12
Cast of lintel from the upper entrance of the Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzáprint after 1885

Gelatin silver print from 1883 negative. "Sculptured beam forming the lintel of the entrance to funeral chamber in Prince
Coh's memorial hall - (casts from moulds by Dr. Le Plongeon) Portrait of Coh"--annotation on mount in hand of Maude Blackwell.
"Plate XXXVII"--annotation on mount in another hand. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.8.

The upper right corner of the roof was destroyed sometime after photograph was taken. Albumen print from 1883[?] negative.
"Fot. por A. Le Plongeon"--caption from a negative pasted below image. For albumen stereograph of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b12.17; for lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.14.

Box 11

2004.m.18-b11.14a
Man standing on top of the mound at Mayapan,1873-76

Physical Description:
1.0 item
11.3 x 18 cm. on mount 16.6 x 21.8 cm.

Scope and Content Note

Alice Le Plongeon stands next to the third horse from the left; her dog, Endless, is in the foreground. Photographer: Augustus
Le Plongeon. Published in Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's 1888 article "The Conquest of the Mayas. Part II." Albumen print.

Albumen print. "Small pilasters at base of Governor's House - Uxmal. Marked (F) on plan"--annotation on mount in hand of Alice
Dixon Le Plongeon. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.20.

Photograph of drawing with photographs of site. Collodion print. Buildings in photographs identified in pencil. "Plan of King
Can Palace and of the sanctuary at Uxmal surveyed and drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon, Md."--caption on plan. Same information
repeated on mount in hand of Maude Blackwell. "Plan Monjas, Uxmal"--written on verso in hand of ADLP.

11 albumen prints joined to form a panorama of the 320 foot facade and mounted on a four-part folding mount. Alice Dixon Le
Plongeon stands in the triangular arch. "Uxmal, Governor's House, east facade, entabulature. Le Plongeon"--written on center
of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Statue of Aac and inscription over the main doorway, east facade, Governor's House,
Uxmal, Yucatan"--written on upper right corner of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. Various brief pencil notations on
mount also in her hand.

Series III.B.
Card photographs,1860-1931

Physical Description:
152.0 items

Scope and Content Note

The series contains photographs by the Le Plongeons taken during their years in Yucatan and surrounding areas, and includes
views and details of Maya ruins and excavations, as well as views of towns and native peoples. Where known, the photographs
are identified as having been made by either Augustus or Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. There are also some photographs of drawings
of Peru made by Augustus Le Plongeon. Most photographs are mounted on cabinet card-sized mounts; some half-stereo prints are
mounted on cabinet card mounts that have been cut in half; a few prints are on mounts slightly larger than cabinet cards.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print. For the glass plate negativ see accession number 2004.m.18-b15.4.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.5
Colonade in amphitheater, Ake,187-

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Alice Le Plongeon is seated in lower left corner. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Mounted half-stereo collodion print.
For another print of this image see accession number 2004.M.18-b10.37.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.6
General view of Chichén Itzá as seen from Las Monjas,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

The first overall view taken of Chichén Itzá. El Castillo is in the upper right corner. Mounted half-stereo albumen print.
"Yucatan - Chichen Itza - Ruins. Birdseye view of the forrest[sic] and monuments from the head of the stairs leading to the
third story of the palace and museum"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For the glass plate negative see
accession number 2004.m.18-b15.6.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.7
Fallen room, Akab-Dzib, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Alice Le Plongeon is seated in right foreground. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Mounted half-stereo collodion print.
"Ceiling of a fallen room in the Akab-Zib, College of Priests and building of 'Awful writing'"--written on verso in hand of
Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-440.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.8
Great ball court, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Chichen Itza - Gymnasium and Chaacmols's [sic] funeral monument"--written on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon. "Monument at the southern extremity of the eastern wall of the so-called gymnasium"--written on verso
in the hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.9
Great ball court, Chichén Itzá,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. "Gymnasium and Chaacmol's [sic] funeral monument (also known as the
Temple of the Tigers), Chichen Itza"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another copy of this image see
accession number 2004.m.18-b12.8.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.10
North temple, ball court, Chichén Itzá,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.11
View of the west side of El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Augustus Le Plongeon and a worker are standing in the foreground. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Mounted half-stereo
albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Chichen Itza, Yucatan. Castle west side. 11,500 years old."--ink annotation
on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. "Ancient castle at Chichen Itza near by the Spanish encampment"--pencil annotation
on verso. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.52; for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b15.8.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Chichen itza[sic] ruins. Bas relief carved on
the jamb of the entrance on the north side of the castle"--ink annotation on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. Additional
pencil annotations in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.48.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print."Yucatan - Chichen Itza ruins. Bas relief carved on a pillar of the portico of the north
facade of the castle representing a bearded warrior"--ink annotation on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another
print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.49; for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b18.4; for lantern
slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.11.

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza. Bas relief on jamb of south entrance
of the castle."--ink annotation on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b10.50.

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "____ stood in[?] dark tent. Taken from a platform made of poles tied together with withis[sic].
rather shakey. Chichen"--pencil inscription on verso. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.14.

2004.m.18-b12.19
Bas-relief of a jaguar eating a heart, Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b10.44
and 96.r.137-475.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.20
Bas-relief of an eagle eating a heart, Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,negative 1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.45.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.21
East side, Upper and Lower Temples of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

View of east facade of upper temple and unexcavated lower temple. Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp
on mount. "Yucatan, Chichen Itza ruins. Funeral monument of Chaacmol - east side"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le
Plongeon. "Site of Montejas camp at Chichen Itza, east side"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For additional
prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.22-23.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.22
East side, Upper and Lower Temples of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

View of east facade of upper temple and unexcavated lower temple. Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative.
For additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.21 and 2004.m.18-b12.23.

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon, Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Chichen Itza - bas relief on one of the jambs of the
doorway of Chaacmol's funeral chamber"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For the negative see accession number
2004.m.18-b15.10.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.26 and 2004.m.18-b12.27
Bas-relief of a male figure, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,print 188-?

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Chichen Itza - Bas reliefs adorning the walls of the
chamber at the foot of Chaacmol's monument. East side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
For another print of the image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.37.

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Chichen itza [sic]. Bas reliefs adorning the
walls of the chamber at the foot of Chaacmol's monument. East side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of Augustus
Le Plongeon. For another copy of the image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.36.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Chichen Itza. Bas reliefs adorning chamber at at the
foot of Chaacmol's monument, east side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another copy
of the image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.41.

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Chichen Itza. Bas reliefs adorning chamber
at the foot of Chaacmol's monument, east side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another
copy of the image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.40.

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Chichen Itza. Bas reliefs adorning the walls
of the chamber at the foot of Chaacmol's monument, east side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.

Mounted half-stero albumen print. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza ruins south facade of the second story of the palace and museum"--annotation
on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.46 and 2004.m.18-b12.47;
for lantern slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.18.

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Second story of Monjas palace and musuem"--written on verso. For additional prints of this image
see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.45 and 2004.m.18-b12.47; for lantern slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.18.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza ruins. South facade of the second story of
the palace and museum"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For additional prints of this image see accession
numbers 2004.m.18-b12.45 and 2004.m.18-b12.46; for lantern slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.18.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Chichen
Itza ruins. Stairway leading from the second to the third story of the palace and museum - north side. 11,500 years old"--written
on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.49
East facade, Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Chichen Itza, palace and
museum. Entabulature of the terrace that supports the second story, east side"--annotation on verso in hand of Augustus Le
Plongeon.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.50
Alice Le Plongeon and workers in front of the east facade of the Annex building, Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,print 188-?

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. For additional copies of this image see accession numbers 2004.M.18-b10.38 and 2004.m.18-b13.11.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.55
Arrival of Chacmool at Piste,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print. "Chaac-mol or Coh. Le P___ Ahmeetmal - he of the long beard"--written on verso in hand
of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.M.18-b10.39.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.56
A Chacmool statue,1875

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted albumen print. "Statue found by LP (see notes)"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For lantern slide
of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.9.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.57
Temple, Isla Mujeres,1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Alice Le Plongeon is seated in front. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Mounted albumen print. "No. 12 Shrine at Mujeres
Island. Photographed by Le Plongeon"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another print of this image see
accession number 2004.M.18-b12.58.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.58
Temple, Isla Mujeres,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Alice Le Plongeon is seated in front. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Mounted collodion print from 1876 negative. For
another print of this image see accession number 2004.M.18-b12.57.

Mounted albumen print. Contrary to Maude Alice Blackwell attribution on verso this is not a Le Plongeon photograph. "Portal
at Labna - east view"--written on verso. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.10.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.61
House of the Adelantado Francisco de Montejo,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamped on mount. "Yucatan - Merida. House of the Adelantado Montejo-the
first house constructed by the Spanairds in the country in 1540-built in 1549"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
For additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.M.18-b10.36 and 2004.M.18-b12.62.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.62
House of the Adelantado Francisco de Montejo,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s negative. "Merida, Yucatan the first house constructed by the Spanairds in
the country. Built in 1549. House of the Adelantado Francisco de Montejo. LeP. photo"--annotation on mount in hand of Maude
Alice Blackwell. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.M.18-b10.36 and 2004.M.18-b12.61.

Mounted half-stereo albumen prints. 2004.m.18-b12.64: "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal. Temple of Death"--written
on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. 2004.m.18-b12.65: "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Uxmal - general view
of the palace of King Can - from the summit of the Dwarf's house - artificial ponds in the distance"--written in hand of Augustus
Le Plongeon. 2004.m.18-b12.66: "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Uxmal - general view of the palace of King Can -
from the summit of the Dwarf's house - artificial ponds in the distance"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
For additional prints of these images see: accession numbers 96.r.137-461 and 96.r.137-462.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.67
West facade, Adivino temple, Uxmal,circa 1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal. House of the Dwarf and Sanctuary - west side"--written
on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.

Mounted half-stereo albumen prints (a pair cut apart). "Yucatan"--stamp on mounts. 2004.m.18-b12.68: Ruins of Uxmal. Cornice
and archway at the foot of the Dwarf's house - west side"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. 2004.m.18-b12.69:
"Ruins of Uxmal. Sculpted cornice and archway at the foot of the Dwarf's house, west side"--written on verso in hand of Maude
Alice Blackwell.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.70
Chenes Temple on the north facade of the Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from circa 1876 negative. Alice is posing in niche and Augustus is below holding a camera.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal - Part of the inscriptions adorning the facade
of the sanctuary"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another print of this image see: accession number
2004.m.18-b.72.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Uxmal-The Sanctuary. Details of carvings"--written on photograph
in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b.71.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Duplicate. Yucatan Uxmal ruins. Sculptures over the doorway of
the Sanctuary-westside. Inscription relating to the downfall of the Can dynasty"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.12.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal - Part of the inscription adorning the facade
of the Sanctuary"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. "The handwriting of Dr. Le Plongeon. Le Plongeon died
in 1908"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal. Part of inscription adorning facade of the
Sanctuary"--written in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b.78
and 2004.m.18-b13.9.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Uxmal Governor's house - Statue of Aac and inscription over
the main doorway, east side - 11,500 years old"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.87a.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.87.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.88
Augustus Le Plongeon standing next to monolithic stone in front of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted albumen print. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal - Monolith - on the
second platform of the House of the Governor"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. "Marked (d) on plan"--written
on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.r.18-b12.89; for lantern
slides see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b30.22 and 2004.m.18-b35.21.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. "Le Plongeon photo. Ruins
of Uxmal. Monolith on the 2nd terrace (2nd platform) of the house of the Governor"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.r.18-b12.88; for lantern slides see accession numbers
2004.m.18-b30.22 and 2004.m.18-b35.21.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.90
Alice Le Plongeon standing in arch of north long building, Uxmal,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. "Le Plongeon photographer.
Can Palace - ruins of Uxmal. Madame Le Plongeon"--written on recto of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another
print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-444.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.91
North building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Uxmal. King's Can Palace, north facade of north wing. 11,500
years old"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-463;
for lantern slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.23.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Uxmal - King Can Palace, north facade of north wing. 11,500 years
old"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-455;
for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b18.11; for lantern slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.13.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Notice crossed arms"--written on recto of mount in hand of Maude
Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-454.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.94
Northeast corner of the south facade, North building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal - South east corner of the north wing
of King's can palace - turret dedicated to Princess Moo"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For additional
prints of this image see accession numbers 96.r.137-458 and 2004.m.18-b12.95r; for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b16.5.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.95r
Northeast corner of the south facade, North building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "South East corner of the north wing of Can's palace, Uxmal"--written on mount in hand
of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers 96.r.137-458 and 2004.m.18-b12.94; for
the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b16.5.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.95v
Arch, north facade of South building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,187-?

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. Alice Le Plongeon is seated in front. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. "Yucatan"--stamp
on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal - part of the south wing of King's Can Palace. Capo tree showing the destruction of the walls by
the roots"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.97
North facade of South building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,print 188-?

2004.m.18-b12.98
East facade of West building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Part of east facade of west wing of King Kanchi's palace, Uxmal.
Cosmic diagram on wall. King Can palace"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image
see accession number 96.r.137-446; for the negative see accession number 2004.M.18-b16.6.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.99
Detail of east facade of West building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Alice Le Plongeon is standing below a cross-armed figure. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Mounted half-stereo collodion
print from 1870s[?] negative. "Part of the east facade of west wing of King Kanchi's palace at Uxmal with cosmic diagram"--written
on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-437.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.100
Detail of east facade of West building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "East facade of west wing of King Kanchi's palace. Cosmic diagram
on wall. Note bene"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number
96.r.137-48.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.101
Serpent's head from the east facade of the West building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal. Sculptured serpent's head north end of
the east facade of west wing of King's can palace"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another print of
this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.102; for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b16.7.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.102
Serpent's head from the east facade of the West building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Uxmal great serpent head? East facade west wing of King Kanchi's
palace"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.101;
for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b16.7.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Uxmal. King's Can Palace. North-west corner of east wing.
11,500 years old"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell; similar annotation on recto. For another print of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.104.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from circa 1873 negative. "Northwest corner of east wing of Can's Palace Uxmal"--writen
on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell with symbols drawn below. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.103.

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "1873-1883. Le Plongeon the first archaeologist to live in the
ruins of Yucatan ('in the field'). Photograph by Dr. A. J. Le Plongeon. Road repairing in Yucatan, Mexico"--written on recto
of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Yucatan - Jixkokob - types. Indians drilling rocks, preparatory to blasting to
level the road"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. "The above is the handwritting of Dr. Augustus J. Le Plongeon
first archaeologist to live 'in the field,' the ruins of Yucatan"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For
additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.108 and 2004.m.18-b12.109.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.108
Road repair in Yucatan,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Jixkokob - types. Indians drilling rocks, preparatory
to blasting - in order to level the road"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For additional prints of this
image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.107 and 2004.m.18-b12.109.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.109
Road repair in Yucatan,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereograph collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers
2004.m.18-b12.107 and 2004.m.18-b12.108.

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b10.27; for the glass plate negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b15.5.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.112
Roadside well, Izamal,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Indian types - a well by the roadside"--written on verso
in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.34.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.113
Studio portrait of a young Yucatecan woman,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted albumen print. For the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b18.14.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.114
Group of people in front of a ceiba tree,187-?

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Two albumen prints on one mount. Left: two men shaking hands, and four children. For another print of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b10-23. Right: detail from a larger image showing Alice with her dog Endless. "Ceiba tree"--written on mount
near left image. "Endless"--written on mount below right image. For lantern slide of the complete image see accession number
2004.m.18-b31.6.

Two albumen prints on one mount. 2004.m.18-b12.115: "Juan Chuc-an Indian chief"--written on recto of mount in hand of Augustus
Le Plongeon. 2004.m.18-b12.116: "Juan Chuc-an Indian chief"--written on recto of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Juan
Chuc from Chan Sta. Cruz"--written on photograph in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.117
Incense burner, Cozumel,1873-1884

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted albumen print. "Incense burner from Cozumel. Photographed by Dr. Le Plongeon"--written on verso in hand of Augustus
Le Plongeon. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b11.27v.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.118
Two vessels,1873-1884

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted albumen print. "Pottery"--written on verso. For another print of this image with vessels separated see accession number
2004.m.18-b11.27v.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.119
Figure of man wearing a jaguar hood,1873-1884

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted albumen print. "Pottery"--written on verso. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b11.28r.3.

Box 12

2004.m.18-b12.120
Group of ceramic figures,1873-1884

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted albumen print. "Pottery"--written on verso. For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b11.27v.

2004.m.18-b12.124r and 2004.m.18-b12.124v
Head and torso of a Chacmool figure,circa 1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted albumen print. Photograph pasted over a re-used piece of card stock containing a photograph of a riverfront view of
Belize City on its verso. For the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b18.2.

Mounted albumen print. "Le Plongeon photograph of one of his drawings"--written on recto of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b35.28.

Box 13

"String book" of card photographs,1873-1931

Physical Description:
17 items

Scope and Content Note

Seventeen card photographs marked A-Q and strung together to form a book-type presentation; probably assembled by Maude Blackwell.

2004.m.18-b13.2
West side of the Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,1873-1884

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Alice Le Plongeon and two workers seated on a serpent head at the temple entrance. Albumen cabinet stereograph. Photographer:
Augustus Le Plongeon. "B. Ruins of Chichen Itza"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Le Plongeon"--stamp
on mount. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza, ruins. Monolith - representing a serpent head - forming the base of the columns that supported
the portico of Chaacmol's funeral chamber - west side"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another print
of this image see accession number 96.r.137-465.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "C. Uxmal. Photo by Le Plongeon. Uxmal carving. Notice the 'winged
circle'"--written on mount and photograph in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Part of facade of the Sanctuary at Uxmal. Image
of the cosmic circle"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b12.79.

Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "D. The Governor's House and Aac's residence, also other structures - seen above the trees
of the Uxmal forest. North end of the Governor's House. Marked (e) on plan. House of Aac"--written on mount in hand of Augustus
Le Plongeon. "General view from the roof of the south wing of King's Can Palace. House of Aac - house of the Governor - Canchi
mound - barracks. Uxmal"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b30.13.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "E. Slab found over crest of high pontiff Cay. Chichen"--written
on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Every detail of the ornamental carvings on the ancient (American) Maya building
has more that one meaning - hence the confusion in deciphering"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.

Alice seated on a sculpture fragment next to Chacmool. Mounted half-stereo collodion print. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon.
"Madame Le Plongeon at side of statute - notice long curls"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another
print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-474.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. "G. Statute of Coh also called Chaac-mol (his
totem is a leopard) Dr. Le Plongeon leaning on head of statue"--written on veso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For the
negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b15.15.

Box 13

2004.m.18-b13.8
East facade of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,1873

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Alice Le Plongeon is leaning on wall below frieze. Mounted half-stereo collodion print. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon.
"H. Plate 24. On plan (b) S.E. corner. East facade of the Governor's House, Uxmal. Madame Le Plongeon leaning on the original
wall"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell "'
The Word' November. Illustration for
Origin of Egyptians. Southern half of the front of Governor's house taken from S.E. corner (b) on plan"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell. For gelatin silver print see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.60; for negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b16.3;
for lantern slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.12.

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "I. Uxmal or Oxmal. Part of facade of the Sanctuary at Uxmal -
Cosmic symbols carved on the trunk of the mastodon"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For additional prints
of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b.77 and 2004.m.18-b.78.

Box 13

2004.m.18-b13.10
View of Uxmal looking towards the House of the Turtles and the Dovecote Building,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from negative made between 1873-1876. "J."--written on mount.

Box 13

2004.m.18-b13.11
Chacmool represented as a wounded tiger,print 188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. "K. Leopard (dying)?) Statue from top of tomb of Coh or Chaac-mol
according to Le Plongeon. Chichen Itza ruins. This tomb is known by other names"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.M.18-b10.38 and 2004.m.18-b12.54.

Mounted gelatin silver print. "Q. Sent to me in August 1931 by Dr. Frans Blom (Director) of Tulane University, New Orleans,
Louisiana. Recent photograph of Uxmal ruins in Yucatan"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "This Uxmal (ruin)
photograph was sent to me (M.A.B by Frans Blom (Director) The Tulane University of Louisiana, (New Orleans) August 6th 1931"--written
on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "82"--in negative.

Series III.C.
Printing blocks,1909-1913

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

The series contains printing blocks used in the Le Plongeons' publications.

Box 14

Printing blocks,1909-1913

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Box 14

2004.m.18-b14.1
Plate XXXV from
Queen Moo,
circa 1913

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

p. 120. "XXXV. Prince Coh's Memorial Hall"--written on verso.

Box 14

2004.m.18-b14.2
Restoration of the Platform of Venus with Chacmool, Chichén Itzá,circa 1913

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Made from a composite photograph of drawings and photographs. Published in
The Origins of the Egyptians, 1913. See accession number 2004.m.18-b10.57 for a photographic print of this image. "LVII"--written on verso.

Box 14

2004.m.18-b14.3
Late portrait of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon,190-

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

See accession number 2004.m18-b10.17 for an albumen print of this image.

Series III.D.
Glass plate negatives,1860-1899

Physical Description:
128.0 items

Scope and Content Note

The series contains glass plate negatives made by the Le Plongeons, and includes both original work and copy work negatives.
Subjects represented cover the range of their photographic work and include Peru, Belize, Mexico and the Yucatan peninsula
(both archaeological sites and village and gnere scenes), and subjects from Hawaii, Japan, and miscellaneous sites and artifacts.
A number of the negatives correspond to the plates in
Queen Moo. For copy prints of the negatives see Box 64.

Mostly images taken at Uxmal; also includes views of Valladolid, Izamal, and unidentified locales in Yucatan, and one view
of the pyramid of Xochicalco.

Box 16

2004.m.18-b16.1
View of the north and west facades of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. For a print from this negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.81.

Box 16

2004.m.18-b16.2
View of the north and west facades of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative.

Box 16

2004.m.18-b16.3
East facade of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,1873

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Alice Le Plongeon is leaning on wall below frieze. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic
negative. For a collodion print from this negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b13.8; for a gelatin silver print of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.60; for a lantern slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.12.

Box 16

2004.m.18-b16.4
Detail, east facade of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,circa 1873

Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b20.11.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.19
Plaza, Yucatan, Mexico,186-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate copy negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.20
Rebel procession with drummer, Yucatan,186-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate copy negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b26.19.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.21
Interior, corner of a room,189-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.22
Building seen through trees, Peru[?]189-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.23
Street scene, Belize[?],1880

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate copy negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.24
Christopher Columbus monument, Mexico City,189-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b26.5.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.25
Street scene, Belize,1880

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.26
Progreso[?],1873 or 1880

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.27
Boats,188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate copy negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.28-30
Priest,189-?

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Three gelatin silver glass plate negatives stuck together with a ms. note in the hand of Augustus Le Plongeon adhered to them.
Copy-work [?] negatives of the priest Las Casas, a portrait of Vasco da Gama, and a portrait of Prince Henry the Navigator.
For lantern slide of Las Casas see accession number 2004.m.18-b43.15; for lantern slide of Vasco Da Gama see accession number
2004.m.18-b41.5; for lantern slide of Prince Henry see accession number 2004.m.18-b43.8. Negatives separated 20061116.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.31
Eagle relief, Chichén Itzá,1875-1876

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.32
Relief panel of Kulkucan and priest,188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.33
Stele with glyphs,188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.34
Stele with glyphs,188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.35
Colossal Egyptian statues,188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.36-37
Stool and frame[?],189-?

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate negatives.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.38
Wall/screen,189-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.39
Wall design/ornament,188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.40
Incan pottery,187-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.41
Sculpture [?],188-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Wet collodion glass plate negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.42
Portrait of O-Hedidee,189-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b34.4.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.43
Island view in Atooi,189-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b34.25.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.44
Men with boat on shoreline,189-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b48.11.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.45
Map of Central America,189-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.46
House,1890-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative.

Box 19

2004.m.18-b19.47
Couple,1890-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative.

Box 64

Copy prints made from glass plate negatives.1860-1899

Physical Description:
1.0 binder

Scope and Content Note

Copy prints made from negatives in boxes 15-19 in 2006.

Series III.E.
Lantern slides,1862-1900

Physical Description:
ca. 704 items

Scope and Content Note

The series contains glass lantern slides made by the Le Plongeons, and includes both original images and copy work. Subjects
include Peru, Mexico, Pompeii, old London (from photographs by Henry Dixon), the South Pacific (including Captain Cook), and
the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus. The Le Plongeons used these slides to lecture on a variety of topics.

Box 20

Lantern slides of Peru and Mexico,1862-1884

Physical Description:
18.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains 12 views of Peru (one of Arequipa, four of Cusco, three of Lima, and four miscellaneous views), and six views of
the Yucatan peninsula (one each of Izamal and Muna, two of Progreso, and two miscellaneous views). (Contents originally from
lantern slide box labeled "Peru.")

Box 21

Lantern slides of Peru and unidentified views,1862-1884

Physical Description:
24.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains 20 views, at least nine of which are of Peru. There are images of harbors, churches, ruins, cityscapes, buildings,
mountains and railroads. Also included are one studio portrait and three maps of South America. (Contents originally from
lantern slide box labeled "Peru.")

Box 22

Lantern slides of illustrations,1862-1884

Physical Description:
16.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains 16 illustrations of mountain scenes, people, events, and ruins, including one of Bolivia and six of Peru. (Contents
originally from lantern slide box labeled "Peru.")

Box 23

Lantern slides of Spain, Italy, North America, and Peru,1862-1884

Physical Description:
22.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains two views of Barcelona, two views of Genoa, six views of Peru, one view of Hawaii, and four images that are possibly
of the American southwest. There are seven views of the Yucatan peninsula: one view of Espiritu, four of Izamal, and two of
Merida. (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled "Peru-Lima.")

Box 24

Lantern slides of Mexico and unidentified views,1862-1884

Physical Description:
24.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains ten views of the Yucatan peninsula (including one view of Muna, two of Progreso, and seven miscellaneous images)
and two views of Peru. Additionally, there are 12 unidentified views (five tropical scenes, four harbor views, and three mountain
views). (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled "Peru-Lima.")

Box 25

Lantern slides of Peru, Mexico, and Belize,1862-1884

Physical Description:
15.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains 15 miscellaneous city views of monuments, churches, buildings, and street scenes. These include at least eight views
of Peru, two of Mexico, and one of Belize. (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled "Peru-Lima.")

Box 26

Lantern slides of Peru, Mexico and North America,1862-1884

Physical Description:
23.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains two views of Peru [?], two views of Hawaii [?], and one view of Mexico City. There are 18 views of the Yucatan peninsula,
including two of Chichén Itzá, one of Izamal, two of Merida, eight miscellaneous views, and five images of soldiers. (Contents
originally from lantern slide box labeled "Mexico-Peru.")

Box 27

Lantern slides of Mexico, portraits, and other views,1862-1884

Physical Description:
26.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains six studio portraits (two sitters are from Yucatan), five environmental portraits (two sitters are from Yucatan),
ten city views (including at least three of Peru and two of Mexico), and five rural views. (Contents originally from lantern
slide box labeled "Mexico-Peru.")

Box 28

Lantern slides of Mexico and miscellaneous views,1862-1884

Physical Description:
10.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains two images of unidentified churches, three water views, one image of parrots, and four illustrations. (Contents originally
from lantern slide box labeled "Mexico-Peru.")

Contains nine views of Chichén Itzá (including the Temple of the Jaguars), one view of Labna, 14 of Uxmal (including Adivino
Pyramid, Governor's Palace, and the Nunnery), and one miscellaneous city view. (Contents originally from lantern slide box
labeled "Yucatan" and "Chichén Itzá.")

Box 31

Lantern slides of Mexico,1862-1890

Physical Description:
17.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains five views of Uxmal, two miscellaneous views of the Yucatan peninsula, eight illustrations, and two portraits. (Contents
originally from lantern slide box labeled "Yucatan" and "Chichén Itzá.")

Box 32

Lantern slides of Mexico and Peru,1862-1884

Physical Description:
19.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains nine illustrations of Yucatan and Peru (one of which is a map), ten photographic views of Yucatan and Peru (seven
are of vessels, bas-reliefs, or sculptures; one shows the head of a mummy, and two are views of Uxmal). (Contents originally
from lantern slide box labeled "Pompeii-Mayan.")

Box 33

Lantern slides of illustrations from
Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphinx, illustrations and views of Peru, and views of Mexico,
1862-1890

Contains 25 numbered illustrations from a series of engravings portraying Captain James Cook's voyages, and two unnumbered
illustrations from the same series. (Contents originally from three lantern slide boxes, one of which was labeled "Hawaii-Belize,"
and two of which were unlabeled.)

Box 35

Lantern slides of Captain James Cook's Voyages, and views of Mexico and Peru,1862-1895

Physical Description:
28.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains six unnumbered illustrations from a series of engravings portraying Captain James Cook's voyages, two maps, 11 images
of animals of the Yucatan peninsula, six portraits, and three views of Peru. (Contents originally from three lantern slide
boxes, one of which was labeled "Hawaii-Belize" and two of which were unlabeled.)

Box 36

Lantern slides of Belize, North America, and Mexico,1873-1884

Physical Description:
29.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains eight views of Belize, 14 of Hawaii, three of New York, and four of the Yucatan peninsula. (Contents originally from
three lantern slide boxes, one of which was labeled "Hawaii-Belize" and two of which were unlabeled.)

Box 37-39

Lantern slides of London, England,1867-1890

Physical Description:
90.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Glass lantern slides from a set of 69 slides that are numbered and labeled on the exterior of the lantern slide for Alice
Dixon Le Plongeon's illustrated lecture "Old London." Included are both photgraphic plates, most likey the work of Henry Dixon,
and illustrations from various sources. Box 37 contains 18 photographic plates and 12 illustrations. Box 38 contains 18 photographic
plates and 11 illustrations. Box 39 contains nine photographic plates and one illustration. Also included in this box are
ten slides (nine photographs and one illustration), that are labeled, but unnumbered, and appear to be from this same series
of 69 images, as well as 11 unnumbered and unlabeled photographic views of the countryside, clouds, ships, and the seaside.
The slides were originally housed in a wooden box labeled "Slides of London."

Box 40

Unlabeled lantern slides of London, England,1867-1890

Physical Description:
32.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains 31 plates, possibly the work of Henry Dixon, which are not numbered or labeled, but are photographic views similar
to the 69 images in Boxes 37-39. The remaining plate is blank and is possibly a cover glass. The slides were originally housed
in a wooden box labeled "Slides of London."

Box 41-43

Lantern slides of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus,1884-1900

Physical Description:
82.0 items

Scope and Content Note

These glass lantern slides are illustrations pertaining to Christopher Columbus, probably used for Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's
illustrated lecture "Christopher Columbus, His Career and Character." Boxes 41 and 42 each contain 27 slides; Box 43 contains
17 slides that pertain to Christopher Columbus and his voyages, and 11 views of European cities (including Naples, Pavia,
Lisbon, Genova, Cordova, Granada, Florence, and Milan). The slides were originally housed in a wooden box labeled "Life and
Voyages of Christopher Columbus."

Box 44-47

Lantern slides of Pompeii,1884-1900

Physical Description:
102.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Glass lantern slides for Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's lecture "Pompeii, Its Arts and Architecture." Box 44 contains 27 illustrations
(three are maps, one is after a Pompeian fresco, and the remainder are images of ruins or scenes of Pompeian life), and two
photographic views (one of a temple, and one of a building). Box 45 contains 29 illustrations (nine are after Pompeian frescoes,
one is possibly a photograph of a painting; the remainder are images of ruins or scenes of Pompeian life. Box 46 contains
29 illustrations (three are after Pompeian frescoes, four are possibly photographs of paintings, and the remainder are images
of ruins or scenes of Pompeian life. Box 47 contains 11 illustrations (five are after Pompeian frescoes, two are possibly
photographs of paintings, and the remainder are images of ruins or scenes of Pompeian life; also included are four photographic
views (including one of Mount Vesuvius and three of Pompeii). The slides were originally housed in a wooden box labeled "Pompeii."

Box 48

Lantern slides of various subjects,1862-1900

Physical Description:
26.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Contains four illustrations, six images of North America [?], one view of Oceania[?], one harbor view, nine miscellaneous
views, and five broken or unrecognizable plates (one is half of a full slide, two are unrecognizable, and two, which are blank,
are possibly cover glasses). (Contents originally from three lantern slide boxes, two of which were unlabeled and one of which
was labeled "Various.")

Contains unused lantern slides, cigar boxes used as housing for slides, and miscellaneous notes found among the slides.

Series IV.
Drawings, maps, and plans,1860-1931

Physical Description:
circa 7.5 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

The drawings of Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon include tracings made by the Le Plongeons of the murals in the Upper
Temple of the Jaguars at Chichén Itzá, hand-drawn maps and site plans, and miscellaneous drawings.

Box 52*-54*

Tracings of murals, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,1875-1883

Physical Description:
54.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Tracings made in sanguine-colored outline. Most sheets are split in two. Box 52* contians 14 sheets; one is hand-colored.
Box 53* contains 15 sheets. Box 54* contains 25 sheets of drawings and tracings mostly in sanguine-colored outline; some are
in pencil; one tracing is hand-colored; seven items are fragments of tracings, drawings after tracings, or related small drawings.

Box 55*, Folder 1-10

Drawings and plans,1875-1931

Physical Description:
14.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes a tracing from the murals in the Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá, hand-drawn maps and site plans, and charts
of Maya symbols and glyphs.

Box 55*, Folder 1

Prince Coh in Battle,1875-1931

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Tracing of a warrior from the murals, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá, identified by the Le Plongeons as Prince
Coh.

Box 55*, Folder 2

Tracing of Chichén Itzá site map,circa 1931

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Tracing by Maude Blackwell of an original site map of Chichén Itzá drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon between 1875-1884.

Box 55*, Folder 3

Plans of the Platform of Venus, Chichén Itzá,circa 1931

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Copies or tracings by Maude Blackwell of original plans of the Platform of Venus drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon between 1875-1884.

Box 55*, Folder 4

Plans of the Platform of Venus, Chichén Itzá,circa 1931

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Copies or tracings by Maude Blackwell of original plans of the Paltform of Venus drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon between 1875-1884.

Box 55*, Folder 5

Plan of Akab-Dzib, Chichén Itzá,circa 1931

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Tracing by Maude Blackwell of original plan of the Akab-Dzib drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon in 1875.

Box 55*, Folder 6

Map of Yucatan coast,1875-1884

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Fragmentary map drawn in pencil to scale.

Box 55*, Folder 7

Elevation, pyramid of Xochicalco,1875-1884

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Line drawing, ink on linen, by Augustus Le Plongeon.

Box 55*, Folder 8

Chart of English, Maya, and Egyptian alphabets,circa 1908

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Ink chart hand-drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon. Annotation at top of chart by Maude Alice Blackwell reads: This drawing was
the last one on which Dr. Le Plongeon was working and was left unfinished on the drawing board.

Offset illustrations for publication[?], one with annotation on back: Image of a crown worn by the high chiefs in Mayax...

Box 56, Folder 5

Maya glyphs or reliefs,between 1873 and 1908

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Pencil drawings by Augustus Le Plongeon; one is a fragment.

Box 56, Folder 6

Drawings of Maya subjects after other authors,between 1873 and 1908

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Two sheets of drawings after E. Forstmann and one sheet of drawings after Antonio Peñafiel.

Box 56, Folder 7

Ruins of Ucco[?],186-?

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Plan of Peruvian[?] ruins, hand-drawn in pencil.

Box 56, Folder 8

Drawing of an Assyrian[?] figure,between 1873 and 1908

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

Pencil drawing by Augustus Le Plongeon.

Box 56, Folder 9

Miscellaneous design motifs,between 1873 and 1908

Physical Description:
7.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes pen or pencil drawings of bird, figural, lotus, brooch, and crown designs.

Box 56, Folder 10

Temple plans, Java,between 1873 and 1908

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Pencil plan of the temple at Culasan, and pen and ink plan of the temple of Chandi, both copied by Augustus Le Plongeon.

Series V.
Papers of Henry Field Blackwell and Maude Alice Blackwell,1763-1940

Physical Description:
circa 6.8 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Henry Field Blackwell and Maude Alice Blackwell include personal and family papers, materials relating to Henry's
inventions, writings by Maude, and correspondence related to Maude's endeavors to promote and publish the work of the Le Plongeons.

Series V.A.
Papers of Henry Field Blackwell,1800-1930

Physical Description:
195.0 items

Scope and Content Note

The series includes personal documents and correspondence, Blackwell family papers, materials relating to H. F. Blackwell's
professional life, and drawings and patent applications for his numerous inventions.

Box 56, Folder 11-24

Family, personal, and financial documents,1800-1930

Physical Description:
150.0 items

Box 56, Folder 11

Letters received,1914-1920; undated

Physical Description:
5.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes letters from his mother, brother, and wife.

Box 56, Folder 12

Marriage certificate of Maude Alice Kane and Henry Field Blackwell,26 June 1895

Includes handwritten (7 p.), and typescript (4 p. with duplicate or triplicate copies), manuscripts of an incomplete text
on prehistoric symbols; a seven page handwritten manuscript entitled "Our Flag and Our Seal Speak;" a two page typescript
"Symbols of Genisis No.1," and "The Veiled Lady," a one page typescript dated February, 1935.

Box 60, Folder 3

Notebook,1930s

Physical Description:
1.0 item

Scope and Content Note

A composition book containing reading notes and drawings, and notes on a variety of subjects, with 14 sheets of loose notes
inserted throughout.

Box 60, Folder 4

Miscellaneous notes,1930s

Physical Description:
44.0 sheets

Scope and Content Note

Consists of reading notes and notes on a variety of subjects.

Box 60, Folder 5

Notes on spiritualism and mysticism,1930s

Physical Description:
25.0 sheets

Scope and Content Note

Includes reading notes.

Box 60, Folder 6

Drawings and cosmic plans,1930s

Physical Description:
7.0 items

Box 60, Folder 7

Illustrations,1930s

Physical Description:
10.0 items

Box 60, Folder 8

The American Freemason,
1917-1918

Physical Description:
2.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Vol. 8, April, 1917, and vol. 9, March, 1918.

Box 60, Folder 9

Spiritualist serials,1894-1936

Physical Description:
18.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes copies, whole or fragmentary, of the following publications:
Arena,
Kingdom Bulletin,
New Age (three issues),
Occult Review,
Sunset,
Theosophic Messenger,
Theosophical Outlook (seven issues),
Theosophist, and
Word (two or more partial issues).

Box 60, Folder 10

Material related to H. P. Blavatsky,1930s

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes part of the first chapter of Blavatsky's
The Secret Doctrine, reprinted in the
Theosophist, March 1933; a U.L.T. pamphlet on Blavatsky by W. Q. Judge, and a photomechanical portrait of Blavatsky.

The series includes paper photograph albums, loose photgraphs, negatives, and album pages. There are portraits and snapshots
of Maude and Henry Blackwell, as well as numerous family pictures.

Box 61

Photograph albums,circa 1888-1900

Physical Description:
3.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Three thirteen-page black paper photograph albums. One album serves as a scrapbook primarily for Maude's school career, especially
at the Toronto College of Music, and also includes some of Henry's early school reports. The other two albums contain wedding
portraits, snapshots of the couple, interior views of their home, portraits of family members, photographs of the Le Plongeons
in Yucatan (see Box 7, item 10), and memorabilia.

Box 62

Loose photographs, acetate negatives, and album pages,1860s-1930s

Physical Description:
64.0 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes portraits of Maude and Henry Blackwell, views of their properties, and numerous Blackwell and Collier family portraits,
including six album pages, some containing numerous photographs. Photographs of Maude Alice Blackwell include two wedding
portraits, and several snapshots taken in Los Angeles. There is a tintype of Henry Field Blackwell as a boy taken in 1872.
Also included is a portrait of William Bugby, dedicated to the Blackwells in 1913.